Official ProVari Radius Thread

[rbrylawski]

Not meaning to knock your decision but it seems silly to me to quibble over what amounts to about 10 minutes charge time difference. 1amp is the max safe charge rate for an IMR/ICR type cell and its recomended to charge no higher than 500Ma for optimum batt life.

He's been looking for a reason why Radius isn't for him. Which is fine. Safe devices are not for everyone, right?

But I have to think about tonight's news in relation to vape safety and in particular battery safety. There's a 21 year old man here in Florida who is in an induced coma today, clinging to life, after his mod blew up in his face. And what have they surmised thus far about this awful accident? They said on the news It was likely caused by either not using the right battery for his mod, or by not charging the battery appropriately. Imagine that? A mod, being used by a young man, who (and I'm guessing here) was probably a sub ohm'er who likely didn't know diddly about vaping safety, but who surely puts a black eye on vaping as a whole and who has now given yet more reasons for vaping to be regulated.

The reality is (and let me say I have nothing personal against Lem) but people who feel they know more about charging a battery and who would reject a device because Provape chose the safest method possible for charging the battery in their device are likely people who might not use a Radius safely anyway.

Just my .02 worth. Flame me if you wish..........

 

[Bronze]

I charge at 0.25A. I can't draw down my battery quicker than it can charge even at this low amperage. I always believed the slower the charge the better. Safest and easiest on the battery. So why charge it any higher when I can't out-vape it anyway?

 

[stanleybb50]

I showed her the Radius video and she said "seems like a good company. Seems legit" and I mentioned their track record of safety and their owners/creators mission and their connection to the aerospace industry.

RB - you could not have said it better...! That's pretty much the message I had but deleted in my post above...

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[WillyZee]

He's been looking for a reason why Radius isn't for him. Which is fine. Safe devices are not for everyone, right?

But I have to think about tonight's news in relation to vape safety and in particular battery safety. There's a 21 year old man here in Florida who is in an induced coma today, clinging to life, after his mod blew up in his face. And what have they surmised thus far about this awful accident? They said on the news It was likely caused by either not using the right battery for his mod, or by not charging the battery appropriately. Imagine that? A mod, being used by a young man, who (and I'm guessing here) was probably a sub ohm'er who likely didn't know diddly about vaping safety, but who surely puts a black eye on vaping as a whole and who has now given yet more reasons for vaping to regulated.

The reality is (and let me say I have nothing personal against Lem) but people who feel they know more about charging a battery and who would reject a device because Provape chose the safest method possible for charging the battery in their device are likely people who might not use a Radius safely anyway.

Just my .02 worth. Flame me if you wish..........

my Mom in Florida just emailed me this story

she goes, I hope this is not the kind of eCigarette you use?
Love Mom

lol ... no Mom, please take a moment and read about how safe the Provari is

 

[FringeChief68]

No one should have to justify why or why not they are buying anything
If I owned a MAC I would still buy a Radius
The P3 came out last year in August I believe, and there was only what, 3 updates, in 14 months
The P3 3.1 was the Beta and most people got the Ver 3.5. The first update was Ver 3.6 which was for Minor cosmetic bug fixes.
Update 3.8 was the big one that really made a difference.
So really there has only been one major update in the P3's first 14 months.
So my thinking is that, a person is not going to have to own or need a PC every day to own a Radius
I look for an update in the first year, maybe some minor changes or fixes, but besides that, maybe just maybe there's a update once a year if that I personally wouldn't let that stop me if I ran a MAC

 

[rbrylawski]

my Mom in Florida just emailed me this story

she goes, I hope this is not the kind of eCigarette you use?
Love Mom

lol ... no Mom, please take a moment and read about how safe the Provari is

The sad reality is that even though we use the safest devices made, PERIOD, we are guilty by association. And our government is just chomping at the bit to use episodes like this one here in Florida to make our collective lives much more difficult.

 

[ate63]

Look at the Radius page on Provapes website, where the three are underneath each other. The blue ones side panel looks blue, but the back panel with the usb plug looks black. It's the photo that says "Made in the USA. That's what I saw when I opened up the box.

 

[Dr. Tranny]

He's been looking for a reason why Radius isn't for him. Which is fine. Safe devices are not for everyone, right?

But I have to think about tonight's news in relation to vape safety and in particular battery safety. There's a 21 year old man here in Florida who is in an induced coma today, clinging to life, after his mod blew up in his face. And what have they surmised thus far about this awful accident? They said on the news It was likely caused by either not using the right battery for his mod, or by not charging the battery appropriately. Imagine that? A mod, being used by a young man, who (and I'm guessing here) was probably a sub ohm'er who likely didn't know diddly about vaping safety, but who surely puts a black eye on vaping as a whole and who has now given yet more reasons for vaping to be regulated.

The reality is (and let me say I have nothing personal against Lem) but people who feel they know more about charging a battery and who would reject a device because Provape chose the safest method possible for charging the battery in their device are likely people who might not use a Radius safely anyway.

Just my .02 worth. Flame me if you wish..........

Post of the day, right there. I want to like it a million times.

 

[Dr. Tranny]

Derp, network glitch resulting in double post. Nothing to see here. Move along, move along.

 

[FringeChief68]

Why think outside the box

 

[Fishtec]

**I originally had some other complaints and opinions that I took out of this before posting... Lol**

My wife came home from work today and looked at me when I hit my Radius/Kabuki and was like "I read about one of this exploding today" and acted all worried.... Every time there's a story like this, it makes the whole industry look bad....! I explained Provari is the safest and told her exactly why and how what you see in the picture went wrong. But I felt like I was on the defensive...

This was my wife's friend's friend - haha. So she read about it on Facebook... Apparently the vape shop they bought from will be replacing their carpet.

Why they would give a mech mod to a beginner with a Subtank is beyond me... Even if the high resistance coils do vape well in it (never tried, but aren't they like 1.2 ohms?) I'm guessing he then dropped in the other coil, not thinking anything and low and behold the battery vented... Ridiculous that they would sell that combo period, let alone to a beginner...

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Sadly becoming a trend vaping has moved up a gear in the uk and missed some steps on the way people have moved from egos to subtanks on kanger batteries almost overnight I walked into a brand new Vape store in my home town mostly to see if they had any aw imrs in as they seemed to have some decent gear in and within minutes he was showing me his 0.2 ohm coil and the amazing clouds it blows like he was preconditioned to think that's what everyone wants or needs I'm not brand new to this I have vaped for almost 5 years if not longer now but they didn't know that I could literally be anyone with any skill and knowledge set around the subject and all it takes is one stupid kid or one uneducated person to put the wrong tank on the wrong battery and that Vape store will probably owe them a new carpet too

 

[woodardjd]

**I originally had some other complaints and opinions that I took out of this before posting... Lol**

My wife came home from work today and looked at me when I hit my Radius/Kabuki and was like "I read about one of this exploding today" and acted all worried.... Every time there's a story like this, it makes the whole industry look bad....! I explained Provari is the safest and told her exactly why and how what you see in the picture went wrong. But I felt like I was on the defensive...

This was my wife's friend's friend - haha. So she read about it on Facebook... Apparently the vape shop they bought from will be replacing their carpet.

Why they would give a mech mod to a beginner with a Subtank is beyond me... Even if the high resistance coils do vape well in it (never tried, but aren't they like 1.2 ohms?) I'm guessing he then dropped in the other coil, not thinking anything and low and behold the battery vented... Ridiculous that they would sell that combo period, let alone to a beginner...

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The UD Gladiator has an oversize 510 positive pin. The positive pins on the Kanger sub-tank move in and out, depending on the depth of the coil head. Can vary as much as .5mm.
If the pos. is flush with the neg. on the tank, it becomes a dead short and, when the switch is pressed on the mod, the battery will, not may, will go thermal.

 

[YoursTruli]

**I originally had some other complaints and opinions that I took out of this before posting... Lol**

My wife came home from work today and looked at me when I hit my Radius/Kabuki and was like "I read about one of this exploding today" and acted all worried.... Every time there's a story like this, it makes the whole industry look bad....! I explained Provari is the safest and told her exactly why and how what you see in the picture went wrong. But I felt like I was on the defensive...

This was my wife's friend's friend - haha. So she read about it on Facebook... Apparently the vape shop they bought from will be replacing their carpet.

Why they would give a mech mod to a beginner with a Subtank is beyond me... Even if the high resistance coils do vape well in it (never tried, but aren't they like 1.2 ohms?) I'm guessing he then dropped in the other coil, not thinking anything and low and behold the battery vented... Ridiculous that they would sell that combo period, let alone to a beginner...

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yes, but it is happening more and more and more, it honestly should not be this way, IMHO the industry took a wrong turn somewhere here. I love that provape puts safety so high on their list, that means a lot to me and I am always surprised when others don't feel this way!

 

[Yonjuro]

All righty then

I have ordered a Black Radius and Stealth Kabuki which will go with my Stealth P3 and Stealth Kabuki - I guess you could say I like black - But I type this on my silver Mac

Updates are just something I will work around at a later point, but in my opinion raising the Mac issue does certainly not justify being labeled as a complainer, which is quite simply rude in my opinion.

Typed while vaping Longhorn on P3 via Kabuki

 

[stanleybb50]

yes, but it is happening more and more and more, it honestly should not be this way, IMHO the industry took a wrong turn somewhere here. I love that provape puts safety so high on their list, that means a lot to me and I am always surprised when others don't feel this way!

"CLOUDS Bro!"

Lol.

Couldn't agree more about the industry taking a wrong turn.... All the beginners start out with the newest things in the market and these sub-ohm tanks... And for them, once they're used to super bug clouds and stuff, they practically can't turn back...

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[stanleybb50]

I'm currently experiencing a great deal of "Black Onyx Envy"... I think it was all the talk about black and then using my black p3 for a bit tonight today did it.... I always LOVED my black p3... I'll just have to buy a black Radius in the next few months

Once you go black.....


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[JohnD0406]

Really, let's put this into perspective ... I don't actually need any new vape gear, nor do I need windows on any computers.

However, I would already own a Radius if it could be Mac updated

I don't think ANY of us NEED any new vape gear, but we all know how that goes... Just sayin', to limit a gear purchase because you don't have Windows at home, for the occasional firmware update, when the P3 couldn't be updated at home, seems a bit silly to me, but to each their own - we all have our requirements, and perhaps some of mine for other products might be silly to some people as well.

 

[ENAUD]

Some Le Magister goodness on my radius. Perfect vape.


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Nice!!! :WANT!!!

 

[AlphaGuitarist]

My very first mod was the 40W iStick with a Sense Herakles sub-ohm tank (.5 ohm coils). After doing some research, I picked up a ProVari 2.5 and a Nautilus tank. Since then, the sub-ohm setup took a back seat. A couple of weeks ago, I got a Russian 91% tank and built my first 1.8 ohm coil. So far, this is my idea of the perfect setup. The flavor and throat hit are exactly what I was looking for. Don't get me wrong, sub-ohm has its place in my life, but I definitely prefer ProVape's idea of vaping. Clouds are useless without the flavor and throat hit.

 

[JohnD0406]

I'm guessing he then dropped in the other coil, not thinking anything and low and behold the battery vented... Ridiculous that they would sell that combo period, let alone to a beginner...

I'm guessing there's more to this story. Even an 18350 should handle a 0.5-ohm coil, unless it was some sub-par fake. 0.5-ohms at 4.2V is 8.4A, and that's pulsed not continuous. The previous post about the positive pin being flush with the 510 is most likely what happened, assuming they were using it with a hybrid adapter (really dangerous if you're not very experienced with mech mods). Nobody ever thinks about the positive pin moving every time you change the battery in a hybrid mech mod. Definitely not for beginners.